"Report to the Divine Temple in the Great Qi Dynasty's Capital City on your own. I still have other things to do, so I'll be going."
With that, he gave the disciple no chance to agree or refuse. His figure flashed and vanished into the Small Courtyard.
But where he had stood, he left behind a bottle of Cultivation Pills.
Seeing how readily the young man had left him there, without the slightest worry that he might take the chance to flee, the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion disciple hesitated again and again before snatching up the pills.
Without looking back, he hurried toward the Great Qi Dynasty's Capital City.
Back at the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion, whether he received a reward for finding demons for the elders was anyone's guess. A vicious scolding, though, was guaranteed.
They would say the demons he found were either too strong or too weak.
Yet the young man had not scolded him. He had even given him pills for his cultivation.
Even if this Heavenly Secrets Pavilion disciple used his backside to think, he could tell which side truly treated him well.
Besides, from what he had overheard by chance in the Great Qi Dynasty's Capital City, the Sect Leader and deputy sect master had died at the hands of the Ten Great Demon Ancestors of the Ten Thousand Demon Lair.
The fact that this young man dared to seek trouble with a Demon Ancestor said plenty.
He had finally found someone powerful and generous to cling to. He could not hold on tight enough—why would he ever run away?
Great Yan Dynasty, Bone-Eroding Abyss.
Deep in the silent mountains, three figures descended swiftly into the gorge. Arrays covered them, concealing their auras completely.
"Are you sure that beast is hiding here?"
After returning empty-handed,